Kitchen-cabinet.



PATENTED SEPT. 5, 1905.

E. RAMSEY.

KITCHEN CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JD}!!! 27,1904.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

3 Wue/wboz Eliza Zeliz Ra mscy ANDIiW 5 Guam cu PATENTBD SEPT. 5, 1905.

E. RAMSEY.

KITCHEN CABINET.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 27,1904.

2 SHEETS-SHBET 2.

5] l 1 v0 n to; Zliza bell! Ramsey;

Q 91 bncoaca 7W! ELIZABETH RAMSEY, OF IRW IN, PENNSYLVANIA.

KITCHEN-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1905.

Application filed June 27. 1904. Serial No, 214,424.

To (til whom it lit/1y (VIII/(36770.

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH Bruiser, a citizen of the United States, residing at Irwin, in the county of estmoreland, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Kitchen-Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to kitchen-cabinets; and it has for its object to provide a construction which, in addition to having compart ments designed to receive utensils and supplies, will contain also a kneading-trough and a dough-raiser.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction wherein the temperature of the dough may be readily sustained at a predetermined point, or at a temperature such as will give the desired results.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a sectional perspective view of a cabinet embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the cabinet embodying the present invention. Fig. 3 is a vertical section, taken from front to rear of the cabinet, on line 3 3 of Fig. 1 with the heating medium removed.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a cabinet including a casing comprising ends 5 and 6, a front 7, a back 8, a bottom 9, and a hinged lid 10.

The casing is divided by a vertical partition 11, which is nearer to the end 5 and extends through the height and width of the cabinet. Parallel with the inner face of the end wall 5 and spaced slightly therefrom is a partition 12, having the full width of the cabinet, but terminating short of both the top and bottom thereof. Connecting the partitions 12 and 11 midway of the height of the cabinet is a horizontal partition 13, and from this partition to the bottom 9 extends a vertical partition H, from which in turn there extends a partition 15 to the end 5 and upon which the lower end of the partition 12 rests. The compartment between the partition 12 and the end 5 is designed to receive a bread-board 16, which projects slightly above the partition 12, so that it may be readily grasped for removal. The compartment between the partitions 11, 12, and 13, forms a flour-bin and is provided with a lid 17, which closes the top of it. The compartments below the partition 13 may be used for any desired purpose, the front of the cabinet having doors 18, 19, and 20, which communicate with the several compartments below the partition 13.

Between the partition 11 and the end 6 are located the dough raiser and the dough trough. The dough-trough comprises the bottom 21, which extendsfrom the partition 11 to the end 6 and from the front to the back of the cabinet, the ends 21 and sides 21 of the trough extending upwardly and divergingly from the bottom, the sides of the trough resting against the front and back of the easing, respectively, while the upper edges of the ends of the trough are spaced slightly from the partition 11 and end 6, respectively, and from the lid, so that a circulation of air at the endsof the trough is permitted.

Below the bottom 21 and spaced therefrom slightly is a plate 22, forming the top of the dough-raiser, and parallel with the plate 22 and spaced from the bottom 9 is a plate 23, between which and the plate 22 extend the vertical partitions 24 and 25, which reach from the front to the back of the casing. The space between the plate 23 and the bottom 9 of the casing is designed to receive the beating medium 23', which may be of any well-known construction. The heat passes upwardly through perforations 25 in the end portions of the plate 23 exterior to the partitions 24 and 25 and thence through perforations in the ends of the plate 22 and then inwardly over the plate and down through other perforations 26 into the compartment 27, wherein is a slatted shelf 28 to receive the doughpan. The front of the casing is provided with doors 29, giving access to the compartment 27.

It will be understood that in practice modifications of the specific construction shown may be made and any suitable material and proportions may be used for the various parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

hat is claimed is- 1. A cabinet comprising a casing having a plurality of vertical transverse partitions and resultant compartments, a trough between one end of the casing and one of said vertical partitions, the walls of said trough converging downwardly with the end walls of the trough in spaced relation to the adjacent partition 11 and end 6 of the casing respectively, a plate IIO 22 below and spaced from the bottom 21 of the trough, a plate 23 between the first-named plate 22 and the bottom 9 of the casing, partitions 2 L and 25 connecting said plates 22 and 23 in spaced relation to the end 6 of the casing and the vertical partition 11, said plates having perforations therethrough communicating With the compartment between said last-named partitions, and a heating medium between the bottom plate 23 and the bottom 9 of the casing.

2. A cabinet having a vertical partition 11, a trough between said partition and one end of the cabinet, the bottom 21 of the trough extending beyond the sides and ends thereof and touching the adjacent vertical faces of I the cabinet and said partition, a plate 22 belOW and spaced from the bottom of the trough, a plate 23 above and spaced from the bottom of the cabinet, and vertical partitions 24 and 25 connecting said plates and extending from the front to the back of the cabinet, said plate 22 having perforations throughout its length and plate 23 having perforations near its ends, outside of partitions 24 and 25, as and for the purposes stated.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ELIZABETH RAMSEY. Witnesses:

JOHN S. MOKEEVER, J. M. EYLER. 

